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Chautala, sons booked for money laundering

NEW DELHI: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his two sons have been booked by the Enforcement Directorate on money laundering charges.

Official sources said the Directorate has filed the case under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following a CBI charge sheet against the trio.

Mr. Chautala is the second former Chief Minister after Madhu Koda, ormer Chief Minister of Jharkhand, to be booked under money laundering charges.

The case against the trio is based on the charge sheet filed by the CBI in a disproportionate asset case. “The Enforcement Directorate has filed a case against Chautala and his two sons under PMLA based on the CBI case against them,” a source said. His sons Ajay and Abhay are members of the Haryana Assembly from Dabwali and Ellenabad constituencies respectively.

Sources said the market value of the properties allegedly owned by the trio is worth several hundred crores though the CBI has accused them of having assets worth several crores which were beyond their known sources of income. The Directorate will also conduct its own investigations to find out if they had any more properties and foreign links.

As part of the probe, letters rogatory to certain countries are also likely to be issued.

The 75-year-old Mr. Chautala is a five-time Chief Minister and last held the post between July 1999 and March 2005. He currently represents Uchana Kalan constituency in the Haryana Assembly.

Several properties

The CBI in the charge sheet filed in the Karkardooma court here on March 26 alleged that Mr. Chautala was found in possession of assets totalling Rs.6.09 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income. Among the properties mentioned in the charge-sheet by the CBI were six plots in Haryana and Delhi, a farmhouse, a penthouse, Rs. 80 lakh cash and other assets worth Rs 2.5 crore. On December 24 last, the CBI had filed charge sheets in the designated court against Mr. Chautala's sons Ajay and Abhay for allegedly having assets more than their known sources of income. - PTI

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